Alternative Names In Arabic‚ the country is known as Al-Jaza’ir‚ which is short for Al-Jumhuriyal Al-Jaza’iriyah ad-dimuqratiyah ash-sha’biyah. Orientation Identification. The name Algeria is derived from the name of the country’s oldest continuous settlement and modern capital‚ Algiers‚ a strategically located port city with access to both Europe and the Middle East. Most of the population of the country is in the north. While the majority of the population who are Arab (or mixed Arab and Berber)
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INTRODUCTION Kolkata or Calcutta is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly river‚ it is the principal commercial‚ cultural‚ and educational centre of East India‚ while the Port of Kolkata is India’s oldest operating port as well as its sole major riverine port. As of 2011‚ the city had 4.5 million residents; the urban agglomeration‚ which comprises the city and its suburbs‚ was home to approximately 14.1 million‚ making it the third-most
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Current Affairs April 2013 www.bankingawareness.com Current Affairs April‚ 2013 Presented By www.bankingawareness.com Visit Banking Awareness for Current Affairs‚ Recruitment News‚ Study Materials for Bank Exams. www.bankingawareness.com 1 Current Affairs April 2013 www.bankingawareness.com Current Affairs for April 2013 The 77th foundation day of Odisha was celebrated across the State on 1 April 2013. M F Farooqui on 1 April 2013 took over charge as the secretary of
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Woman at Point Zero Summary Table of Contents BookRags Encyclopedia Entry....................................................................................1 Woman at Point Zero............................................................................................1 Copyright Information..........................................................................................1 Woman at Point Zero Summary ..................................................................................2
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Introduction: This study provides an overview of Arab culture. It must be emphasized that there is no “one” Arab culture or society. The Arab world is full of rich and diverse communities‚ groups and cultures. Differences exist not only among countries‚ but within countries as well. It is impossible to talk about groups of people without generalizing. It then follows that it is hard to talk about the culture of a group without generalizing. This handbook attempts to be as accurate and specific
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AP ART HISTORY EXAM STUDY PACKET KEY BARRON’S BOOK PAGE NUMBERS IN RED TEXTBOOK PAGES IN BLUE YEARS IN GREEN WORKS ARE UNDERLINED LOCATIONS ARE ITALICIZED PREHISTORIC ART Paleolithic Venus of Willendorf 68 17 Short‚ fat figure of a woman. It is small and meant to be carried around. Her large stomach and breasts show that she was a symbol of fertility. Lascaux Caves (Dordgone‚ France) 69 21/23 Huge set of cave paintings with many different
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The Golden Ratio By : Kaavya.K In mathematics and the arts‚ two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal to the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one. The golden ratio is an irrational mathematical constant‚ approximately 1.6180339887. Other names frequently used for the golden ratio are the golden section and golden mean. Other terms encountered include extreme and mean ratio‚ medial section‚ divine
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TOURISMOS: AN INTERNATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF TOURISM Volume 6‚ Number 2‚ Autumn 2011‚ pp. 139-158 UDC: 338.48+640(050) ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF TOURISM: A CASE STUDY OF AGRA Surabhi Srivastava University of Lucknow Tourism in its broadest generic sense can do more to develop understanding among the people‚ provide jobs‚ create foreign exchange and raise living standards than any other economic force. India is world famous for the city of Taj -Agra. There are a number of other tourists
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Perception of Destination Branding Measures: A Case Study of Alexandria Destination Marketing Organizations suzan bakri hassan mohamed soliman abdel hamid Fayoum University‚ Egypt h o s n y a l b o h a i ry Authority Office‚ Alexandria‚ Egypt s u p p l i e r s a n d o r g a n i z e r s in the tourism sector seek to attract tourists by differentiating and marketing their products and services. While developing their marketing and sale methods they are now more and more using branding as one of their
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Aesthetics Aesthetics (also spelled æsthetics or esthetics) is commonly known as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values‚ sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste.[1] More broadly‚ scholars in the field define aesthetics as "critical reflection on art‚ culture and nature."[2][3] Aesthetics is a subdiscipline of axiology‚ a branch of philosophy‚ and is closely associated with the philosophy of art.[4] Aesthetics studies new ways of seeing and of perceiving the world.[5] *
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